Atari 2600 vs. Intellivision: the memory totals hide different jobs
The useful contrast is how each machine organized its resources, rather than a RAM ratio pretending to pick your favorite games.
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From the vault This day in tech history, November 5
- 2006
The web passes 100 million sites
Netcraft's survey counted 100 million, 27.4 million of them added that year. Its first survey, in August 1995, had found 18,957.
- 2007
Google announces Android
It came with an alliance of 34 companies and phones promised for the second half of 2008. Andy Rubin's blog post that day: "we're not announcing a Gphone."
- 2013
Video Game History: Call of Duty: Ghosts comes out
Activision said it shipped $1 billion worth of copies to stores on day one. That counted what retailers bought, not players, and CEO Bobby Kotick said it was too early to assess sell-through.
Then and now
1981: A portable computer: $1,795 for a 23.5-pound Osborne 1. Today: a MacBook Air starts at $1,299.
